AP Word Terms

A written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.

• Treatise

• Narrative

• memoir

• monograph

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Fill in the blank. Although he never published the systematic economy_______ which might have established his reputation, Barton's closely argued pamphlets were influential

• discussion

• article

• Treatise

• text

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This word is considered a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole

• Analogue

• Anaphora

• Allegory

• Synecdoche

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The phrase "nice wheels" is used to describe the whole car being nice and not just the wheels. This an example of _____

• synecdoche

• anticlimax

• ride

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Word: Synecdoche

• "Its raining cats and dogs".

• "Hungry mouths to feed".

• "I felt as high as a kite"

• "Lands belonging to the thrown".

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is a prepositional phrase followed by?

• noun, pronun, and/or noun group

• verb

• proposition

• noun

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

In which sentence has a correct prepositional and noun for a prepositional phrase.

• "Your yellow".

• "The dog is black".

• "the cat ate the mouse".

• "She caught the bus on time".

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Does the definition of the word "Semantics" mean "the branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words"?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does it mean if you use the word "Semantics" in an argument?

• The argument is based off of a non reliable source

• There argument is not valid

• their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another

• The opinion is wrong

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What are the two types of semantics?

• Conceptual meaning and associative meaning

• collective and nonsocial

• Cinematic

• All of the above